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By
Air
The runways of Las Vegas's busy
McCarran International Airport
(tel 261-5211, ) start barely a mile east of the southern end of the
Strip, though the main terminal is a three-mile drive via Tropicana
Avenue and Paradise Road.
Car rental
is readily available at the airport; we've listed local rental agencies.
There's no public bus service, but both Bell Trans (tel 380-7990, ) and
Las Vegas Limousine (tel 736-1419) run around-the-clock minibuses
to the Strip ($4) and downtown ($5.25), leaving from immediately outside
the terminal. In addition, certain hotels run free shuttle buses for
their guests.
A
line of taxis is always waiting outside the arrivals area. In
theory, the ride should cost between $8.50 and $12 for hotels at the
southern end of the Strip; from $10 to $15 for the Central Strip area;
up to $18 for the North Strip; and between $15 and $20 for destinations
both downtown and out on Boulder Highway. However, traffic delays can
easily force those fares up by another $5 or so.
If
you want to arrive in style, get a
limo service from around
$35.
By Car
Much the busiest driving route into Las Vegas is
the I-15 freeway from southern California. Traffic congestion,
especially close to the state line, can mean that the 269-mile drive
from LA takes as long as eight hours.
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Las Vegas Boulevard South, which becomes the Strip,
begins to parallel I-15 well before it reaches the city, but the
quickest way to reach your final destination will almost certainly be to
stay on the interstate as long as possible. I-15 also connects Las Vegas
with Salt Lake City, 421 miles northeast.
From
the major cities of Arizona, direct access is provided by US-93 ,
which leaves I-40 at Kingman, a hundred miles southeast. It joins
US-95 , running north from Needles, California, outside Boulder
City; together, the two become I-515 , which crosses I-15
immediately northwest of downtown Las Vegas.
Four
hundred miles northwest of Las Vegas, US-95 meets I-80 thirty miles east
of Reno. Using that interstate is the fastest way to get between Las
Vegas and San Francisco, but threading cross-country via Yosemite and
Death Valley national parks is a much more scenic option
By Bus
Greyhound's long-distance buses to and from Los
Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Denver, Reno, San Diego, Bakersfield
and other cities use a terminal alongside the Plaza hotel at 200 S Main
St downtown. For schedules and fares, call 1-800/231-2222, or access .
In
addition, Missing Link run thrice-weekly shuttle buses between
Los Angeles and Las Vegas, with free hotel and hostel pick-ups.
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